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Club Cycling provides DU's riders of all abilities and ages opportunities to improve their skills and have fun year round! The club provides clinics, coaching, racing, dry-land training and group riding opportunities. The road racing season spans from March to May and includes racing at schools from Colorado,Utah, New Mexico, and Wyoming in Division II of the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Cycling Conference, which is one of the most competitive in the nation.

Aside from the opportunity to compete and ride recreationally, membership in the Club Cycling Team includes a team jersey and a membership card which entitles members to discounts at local restaurants and a local bike shop! The club consists of both men and women as undergraduate/graduate students, law students, and faculty. In their first year since reorganizing, the Club Cycling Team has appeared in the DU Magazine, The Source, and the Clarion publications. The team was featured on the Web site of Tom Danielson (of the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team).

The first competitive season of the club exceeded all expecations. The team ended the regular season second in the conference with 5 racers on the podium for season points. The team then sent 6 guys and 1 woman to nationals where DU ended in 9th (of 32 teams) with just half of a team. In addition DU took 3rd and 5th in the men's road race. The team will undoubtedly come out strong in the 2007 season!

Justin Rose

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Name: Justin Rose
Age: 24
Year in school: B.S. Molecular Biology ‘06 1st Year @ Rocky Vista University, D.O. ‘12
Major(s):
Cycling history: Started in 2002, now a Cat 1 for Bobs-Bicycles.com
Favorite ride/race: Cascade Cycling Classic
Favorite food: Anything that can fit in jersey pockets
Favorite movie: Wedding Crashers
Favorite book: Lance’s
Favorite quote: Attack your attack.  Then attack again.
Favorite thing to do off the bike: Hang out in hospitals (preferably working)
Other: jbrose.blogspot.com

Brandon Saxon

Name: Brandon Saxon
Age: 28
Year in school: Alumni – Attorney in San Diego, CA
Major(s): Sturm College of Law
Cycling history: USCF 5, Collegiate B 
Favorite ride/race: Buffalo Creek Off Road Tri
Favorite food: Fish Tacos
Favorite movie:
Favorite book: Cannery Row, John Steinbeck
Favorite quote: “Be the change you wish to see in the world.”  – Mahatma Gandhi
Favorite thing to do off the bike: Surfing and Running
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Kendra Auston

Name: Kendra Auston
Age: 21 
Year in school: Junior
Major(s): Psychology
Cycling history: ZERO
Favorite ride/race: Favorite ride is around Chatfield and Littleton area
Favorite food: Big fan of fruit and veggies! Strawberries and fresh green beans are most haves. 
Favorite movie: Talladega Nights, Dumb and Dumber and Batman Begins (not a fair question by the way)  
Favorite book: The DaVinci Code
Favorite quote: "Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."  James Dean
Favorite thing to do off the bike: Play soccer or tennis Hang out with friends
Other: I have never raced, I am a retired soccer player pretending to know what I am doing…

Brittany Tibbs

Name: Brittany Tibbs
Age: 21- Soon to be 22 on March 9th !!!!
Year in school: Senior
Major(s): Biology
Cycling history: I just started cycling this past summer
Favorite ride/race: I have not raced yet but I enjoy the ride out to Morrison
Favorite food: Nachos!!!
Favorite movie: I don’t have one
Favorite book: I have way too many to list
Favorite quote: “Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do” Jackson Brown Jr.  
Favorite thing to do off the bike: I love running and reading
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Meredith Heestand

Name: Meredith Heestand
Age: 22
Year in school: 4th year (senior)
Major(s): Molecular Biology, minors in Chemistry and Italian
Cycling history: Newbie!
Favorite ride/race: TBD
Favorite food: Honey roasted peanut butter, seafood of any kind (but not together of course!)
Favorite movie: Dazed and Confused, Love Actually
Favorite book: Leaves of Grass, Look Homeward Angel
Favorite quote: Those who wander aren’t necessarily lost
Favorite thing to do off the bike: snowboarding, running, singing, rock climbing, good conversation over a warm mug of bailey’s and coffee
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Devyn Parnes

Name: Devyn Parnes
Age: 18
Year in school: Sophomore
Major(s): Economics
Cycling history: Not much, just enjoyable riding in beautiful Idaho. 
Favorite ride/race: Galena Summit, Sun Valley, ID
Favorite food: Ben and Jerry’s Coffee Heath Bar Crunch
Favorite movie: Cool Runnings and Three Amigos
Favorite book: The Cow Who Wouldn’t Come Down
Favorite quote: Never let your sense of morals get in the way doing what's right. - Isaac Asimov
Favorite thing to do off the bike: Karaoke (SingStar is good, but the trashy kind from Target is better)
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Will Handsfield

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Name: Will Handsfield
Age: 27
Year in school: 2nd Year Grad Student
Major(s): Public Policy
Cycling history: I started on a brown Huffy with monkey bars and a banana seat.  Since then, I’ve competed in many triathlons, dozens of bike rides, and a handful of bike races.  I also am president of BikeDenver, a bicycle advocacy organization for the city and county of Denver.
Favorite ride/race: Rosarito to Ensenada.  Nothing like horchata, tacos and a Pacifico to conclude a bike ride
Favorite food: Uni Sushi or California Spiny Lobster
Favorite movie: The Big Lebowski
Favorite book: Moby Dick
Favorite quote: Fashion is a form of ugliness so dreadful that we must go about changing it every three months.  –Oscar Wilde
Favorite thing to do off the bike: Play in the Ocean
Other: I have seven bikes, and I couldn’t bear to part with any of them.  I also blog about being a bike commuter in Denver, you can read one of my favorite posts here: http://ayearofbikecommuting.blogspot.com/2008/01/blood-for-oil.htm

Tim Healy

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Name: Tim Healy
Age: 20
Year in school: Sophomore
Major(s): Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management
Cycling history: 2nd yr. racing for DU
Favorite ride/race: DU Crit
Favorite food: Authentic Thai Food
Favorite movie: Office Space
Favorite book: Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
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Favorite thing to do off the bike: Skiing
Other: Member of the Winter Park Resort Volunteer Ski Patrol and hoping to get my EMT certification.

Carlos Rueda

Name: Carlos Rueda
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Major(s): Law Student
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Favorite book: The Republican Legacy in International Thought
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Greg Lesher

Name: Greg Lesher
Age: 23
Year in school: Graduate Student
Major(s): International Development
Cycling history: 1st year
Favorite ride/race:
Favorite food: Sushi
Favorite movie: The Rock
Favorite book: Ender’s Game
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Grant Ruehle

Name: Grant Ruehle
Age: 18
Year in school: First Year
Major(s): Biochemistry
Cycling history: This is my first year of anything beyond recreational
Favorite ride/race: Taylor Canyon road back near Gunnison
Favorite food: Chipotle
Favorite movie: Snatch
Favorite book: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Favorite quote: “If called by a panther, don’t anther”- Ogden Nash
Favorite thing to do off the bike: Nordic ski
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Justin Derdowski

Age: 26
Year in school: 1st year graduate student
Major(s): GSIS-focus on International Development
Cycling history: I’ve been riding and racing for three years
Favorite ride/race: Independence pass-from the Aspen side
Favorite food: anything inside a tortilla
Favorite movie: Anything Pedro Almodovar
Favorite book:  
Favorite quote: “When I woke up at 3 am to eat chocolate chip cookies with mayonnaise I thought-am I training this hard so I can eat like this or am I eating like this so I can train so hard.”--Frank Shorter
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Matt Dooley

Name: Matt Dooley
Age: 20
Year in school: Sophomore
Major(s): Accounting
Cycling history: 1st year
Favorite ride/race: I guess I will find out…
Favorite food: Cheese
Favorite movie: Braveheart
Favorite book: My Dog Skip
Favorite quote:
Favorite thing to do off the bike: Play guitar or Sleep
Other:

Jake Rokeach

Name: Jacob Rokeach
Age: 22 years of age
Year in school: Senior
Major(s): Political Science & Mass Communications
Cycling history: First Collegiate Season, Triathlete for 2 years 
Favorite ride/race: Cache Valley Tri
Favorite food: Quesadillas
Favorite movie: The Big Lebowski
Favorite book: “The Lucky” by H. Lee Barns & “Choke” by Chuck Palahniuk
Favorite quote: “I am McLovin”- Foagle, Superbad and “Free your heal free your heart”-Unknown
Favorite thing to do off the bike: Telemark and eat
Other: Going to Collegiate National Trathlons in April.  

Amy Secor

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Name: Amy Secor
Age: 20
Year in school: Junior
Major(s): Marketing/Spanish
Cycling history: 1st Place Overall Conference – Women’s B
Favorite ride/race: Montezuma
Favorite food: Pasta, tacos, and pretty much everything
Favorite movie: Wedding Crashers
Favorite book: To Kill a Mockingbird
Favorite quote: “If you’re going to do something, do it right.”  
Favorite thing to do off the bike: Travel Spain
Other:

Dana Perkins

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Name: Dana Perkins
Age: 22
Year in school: Senior
Major(s): Molecular Biology, MBA- Finance
Cycling history: Third season racing after a history of running. Excited for a well developed season!
Favorite ride/race: Mesa State Crit
Favorite food: Strawberry Ice Cream
Favorite movie: Mr. Holland’s Opus
Favorite book: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Favorite quote: Expect it to happen.
Favorite thing to do off the bike: Have great convos over red wine.
Other: Rocked TTT in the most aero position possible with Kat!

Katie Ronsse

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Name: Katie Ronsse
Age: 22
Year in school: Senior
Major(s): Biology
Cycling history: Competed at collegiate nationals for the first time in 2007.  (14th in criterium, 19th in RR, 15th overall)
Favorite ride/race: Riding at Mt. Evans/Echo Lake
Favorite food: Homemade pizza and Thai food
Favorite movie:
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Favorite quote: “It never gets easier, you just go faster”
Favorite thing to do off the bike: SKI
Other: Member of the DU varsity ski team

Caitlin May

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Name: Caitlin May
Age: 23
Year in school: Law Student: Expected Graduation 2009
Major(s): Running with the law.
Cycling history: Rode competitively for my first time last year.
Favorite ride/race: Lac du Flambeau Chain of Lakes; anything in Northern Wisconsin
Favorite food: Green Curry
Favorite movie: Anything by Wes Anderson; right now Darjeeling Limited
Favorite book: So many, but if I had to choose one, The Old Man and the Sea by Hemmingway
Favorite quote: Let this be my epitaph: Everything was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt.  -Vonnegut
Favorite thing to do off the bike: Daydream, climb mountains, visit faraway places
Other:

Frank Herbst

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Name: Frank
Age: 26
Year in school: Senior
Major(s): Political Science, Anthropology
Cycling history: 2nd year
Favorite ride/race: To Morgan’s and back
Favorite food: Ice Cubes
Favorite movie: Beat Street
Favorite book: The Life and Times of Ben Quinn
Favorite quote: The music and break-dance explosion of the summer!
Favorite thing to do off the bike: Keep it Real
Other:

Ben Quinn

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Name: Ben Quinn
Age: 27
Year in school: This is my 18th year in school, ridiculous.
Major(s): Masters of Global Finance, Masters of Accountancy
Cycling history: I once scissor kicked Lance Armstrong
Favorite ride/race: Waimea, sick tubes brah
Favorite food: Chipotle fajita burrito
Favorite movie: Bottle Rocket
Favorite book: Mysteries of Pittsburgh, The Power of One, The Omnivorous Dilemma 
Favorite quote: “Be the change you want to see in the world” –Gandhi “Need Less”
Favorite thing to do off the bike: FIngerpainting, Scrapbooking, Texting
Other: I am hoping to start a restaurant with Colin Don specializing in pancakes and oatmeal. If you are interested and have capital, we are still look for investors

Colin Don

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Name: Colin Don
Age: Old enough.
Year in school: Sophmore
Major(s): Evolutionary biology 
Cycling history: 2007 Colorado College B-Squad Criterium…won that shit.
Favorite ride/race: Wednesday night Indian food criteriums.
Favorite food: Coffee.
Favorite movie: The life aquatic. 
Favorite book: The lost world.
Favorite quote: This is an adventure.
Favorite thing to do off the bike: Eat.
Other:

Tim Franklin

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Major/Year: Law student,
Category: USCF 5, Collegiate C
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Cassidy Tepper

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Hometown: Ottowa, Canada
DOB: 10.27.1988
Major/Year: Finance, Chinese; 1st Year
Category: Men's B
Favorite ride/race: Parc de la Gatineau; Pink's Lake Hill
Favorite food: Pasta with Vodka Sauce; Peanut Butter
Career Highlights:  
Other: "Hills all the way"

Nate West

Name: Nathan West
Age: 21
Year in school: Senior
Major(s): International Studies/Criminology
Cycling history: 8th 2006 Conference Champs (C)  5th 2007 Santa Fe Stage Race (SM4) 2nd 2007 Gateway Canyons Time Trial (SM4)
Favorite ride/race: Lefthand Canyon
Favorite food: Chipotle
Favorite movie: Saw
Favorite book: It’s Not about the bike – Lance Armstrong
Favorite quote: “It is not the mountain that we conquer, but ourselves.” -Sir Edmund Hillary
Favorite thing to do off the bike: Sleep/eat
Other: On the DU varsity swim team.

Nate West

Name: Nathan West
Age: 21
Year in school: Senior
Major(s): International Studies/Criminology
Cycling history: 8th 2006 Conference Champs (C)  5th 2007 Santa Fe Stage Race (SM4) 2nd 2007 Gateway Canyons Time Trial (SM4)
Favorite ride/race: Lefthand Canyon
Favorite food: Chipotle
Favorite movie: Saw
Favorite book: It’s Not about the bike – Lance Armstrong
Favorite quote: “It is not the mountain that we conquer, but ourselves.” -Sir Edmund Hillary
Favorite thing to do off the bike: Sleep/eat
Other: On the DU varsity swim team.

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Nate Whitney

Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri
DOB: 11/05/1980
Major/Year: Law student, 2nd year
Category: USCF 5, Collegiate B
Favorite ride/race:  
Favorite food: Chicken burrito and a frosty Budweiser
Career Highlights:  
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Scott Miller

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Name: Scott Miller
Age: 23
Year in school: Alumni
Major(s): Finance
Cycling history:
Favorite ride/race: Ironhorse
Favorite food: Bacon
Favorite movie: Boondock Saints
Favorite book: What is the What, by Dave Eggers
Favorite quote: “I hope it has some climbing” Colin Don when talking about the Ironhorse (over 6000 feet of climbing)
Favorite thing to do off the bike: Skiing
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Taylor Shelden

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Name: Taylor Shelden
Age: 20
Year in school: Junior
Major(s): Mechanical Engineering
Cycling history: I like bike racing
Favorite ride/race: Time Trials, Big Climbs
Favorite food: I like Ice Cream
Favorite movie: I like SuperBad
Favorite book: I like books
Favorite quote: “I’m getting that fo’sho”
Favorite thing to do off the bike: I like homework
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Luke Price

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Major/Year: MBA, 1st year
Category: USCF 5, Collegiate B
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Eric Moore

Hometown: Park City, UT
DOB: April 3, 1987
Major/Year: Finance, Sophomore
Category: USCF 5, Collegiate A
Favorite ride/race: Any ride is a good ride
Favorite food: Anything cooked by my mom
Career Highlights: none yet... first year racing
Other: Played lacrosse for Whittier College 2006

David Muecke

Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa
DOB: 10/30/1984
Major/Year: Mechanical Engineering, senior
Category: USCF 3, Collegiate A
Favorite ride/race: CSU Oval Criterium
Favorite food: Chocolate milkshakes
Career Highlights:  
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Joe Lewis

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Name: Joe Lewius
Age: 20
Year in school: Junior
Major(s): Business Management, Sociology
Cycling history: Cat. 2- Been Racing for 7-8 seasons
Favorite ride/race:  Favorite Ride: Racing The Mur in Belgium  Favorite Race: California Crits!
Favorite food: Italian Cuisine or Thai (REAL THAI)
Favorite movie: A River Runs Through IT
Favorite book: “Awakening your Life’s Purpose- Eckert Tole 
Favorite quote: “Everything seems to work out for the best.”
Favorite thing to do off the bike: Playing with my dog, or being pulled by my dog!
Other: I love bicycles!

Grant Goerzen

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Name: Grant Goerzen
Age: 22
Year in school: Senior
Major(s): Accounting
Cycling history: I have a poor history with cattle guards, guardrails, and gravel roads.
Favorite ride/race: USAFA Road Race
Favorite food: Chipotle Burritos (multiple)
Favorite movie: Step Up
Favorite book: Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
Favorite quote: "Running is a big question mark that's each and every day. It asks you: 'Are you going to be a wimp or are you going to be strong today?'" - Peter Maher
Favorite thing to do off the bike: Send out emails about group rides
Other: Claim to fame: Being filmed as Tom Danielson passed me up Lookout  Mountain.  

Steve Forbes

Name: Steve Forbes
Age: 23
Year in school: Graduate Student
Major(s): Urban Geography
Cycling history: Brief
Favorite ride/race: Ones that are all downhill, except for the occasional uphill
Favorite food: Homemade granola/gronala bars
Favorite movie: I quit watching them
Favorite book: It is taking me too long to decide…
Favorite quote: “If I don’t love it, I don’t swallow.” – The Critic in Ratatouille 
Favorite thing to do off the bike: Cook
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Corey Carlson

Hometown: Yankton, South Dakota
DOB: March 20, 1984
Major/Year: Just call him Coach.
Category: USCF 2 and CX 2
Favorite ride/race: Iron Horse in Durango, CO
Favorite food: Cream Cheese
Career Highlights:

1st, 2006 Iron Horse Crit

Other:  

Andy Sigfusson
Hometown: Hinsdale, Illinois
DOB: 8/28/1986
Major/Year: A college diploma, freshman
Category: Collegiate C
Favorite ride/race: Down hill at 60 mph
Favorite food: Turkey pastrami sandwich
Career Highlights: 2nd - 2005 Trishark Triathlon (Illinois) 7th - 2006 Collegiate Conf. Champs (C)
Other: "It's make or break and it's not your break!"